diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
index 15c86a8cd704..17ec4cee51dc 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
@@ -1423,7 +1423,7 @@ static void iio_device_unregister_sysfs(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 static void iio_dev_release(struct device *device)
 {
 	struct iio_dev *indio_dev = dev_to_iio_dev(device);
-	if (indio_dev->modes & (INDIO_BUFFER_TRIGGERED | INDIO_EVENT_TRIGGERED))
+	if (indio_dev->modes & INDIO_ALL_TRIGGERED_MODES)
 		iio_device_unregister_trigger_consumer(indio_dev);
 	iio_device_unregister_eventset(indio_dev);
 	iio_device_unregister_sysfs(indio_dev);
@@ -1705,7 +1705,7 @@ int iio_device_register(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 			"Failed to register event set\n");
 		goto error_free_sysfs;
 	}
-	if (indio_dev->modes & (INDIO_BUFFER_TRIGGERED | INDIO_EVENT_TRIGGERED))
+	if (indio_dev->modes & INDIO_ALL_TRIGGERED_MODES)
 		iio_device_register_trigger_consumer(indio_dev);
 
 	if ((indio_dev->modes & INDIO_ALL_BUFFER_MODES) &&
diff --git a/include/linux/iio/iio.h b/include/linux/iio/iio.h
index 3f5ea2e9a39e..d68bec297a45 100644
--- a/include/linux/iio/iio.h
+++ b/include/linux/iio/iio.h
@@ -352,10 +352,16 @@ unsigned int iio_get_time_res(const struct iio_dev *indio_dev);
 #define INDIO_BUFFER_SOFTWARE		0x04
 #define INDIO_BUFFER_HARDWARE		0x08
 #define INDIO_EVENT_TRIGGERED		0x10
+#define INDIO_HARDWARE_TRIGGERED	0x20
 
 #define INDIO_ALL_BUFFER_MODES					\
 	(INDIO_BUFFER_TRIGGERED | INDIO_BUFFER_HARDWARE | INDIO_BUFFER_SOFTWARE)
 
+#define INDIO_ALL_TRIGGERED_MODES	\
+	(INDIO_BUFFER_TRIGGERED		\
+	 | INDIO_EVENT_TRIGGERED	\
+	 | INDIO_HARDWARE_TRIGGERED)
+
 #define INDIO_MAX_RAW_ELEMENTS		4
 
 struct iio_trigger; /* forward declaration */